London Programme Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Programme Manager role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Programme Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Camberley Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Channel Islands Cheshire City of London Coventry Croydon Darlington Devon Docklands, London Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Hove Jersey Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Salford Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	143
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	377	490
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.598 %	0.522 %
As % of the category below	1.567 %	1.239 %
Daily rates quoted	169	188
Average minimum daily rate	£586	£574
Average daily rate	£627	£617
% change on same period last year	+1.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£669	£660
UK excluding London average daily rate	£545	£512
% change on same period last year	+6.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£62.00	£41.00
Average hourly rate	£63.25	£41.63
% change on same period last year	+51.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£64.50	£42.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£31.75
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	24057	39555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	38.15 %	42.10 %
Daily rates quoted	9752	14901
Average minimum daily rate	£388	£424
Average daily rate	£416	£452
% change on same period last year	-7.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£444	£480
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	1457	2056
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.18	£25.29
Average hourly rate	£24.60	£26.82
% change on same period last year	-8.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.02	£28.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Programme Manager across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Programme Manager across the London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Programme Manager across the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Programme Manager across the London region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Manager within the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	+27	86	£703	+2.86 %
Docklands, London	+34	9	£625	+11.11 %
Feltham	-	5	£563	-
Croydon	0	2	-	-
Hounslow	-4	1	£575	+47.43 %
Westminster	-	1	-	-
Luton	+13	1	-	-
Uxbridge	+3	1	-	-
Canary Wharf	+15	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Programme Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Programme Manager in their job title.

1 242 (31.07 %) Finance 2 179 (22.98 %) Programme Management 3 174 (22.34 %) Banking 4 171 (21.95 %) PRINCE2 5 157 (20.15 %) Project Management 6 120 (15.40 %) Stakeholder Management 7 94 (12.07 %) Government 8 81 (10.40 %) Change Management 9 74 (9.499 %) Investment Banking 10 71 (9.114 %) Security Cleared 11 50 (6.418 %) Retail 12 44 (5.648 %) Migration 13 41 (5.263 %) NHS 14 40 (5.135 %) SAP 15 38 (4.878 %) Telecoms

15 38 (4.878 %) Derivative 16 34 (4.365 %) Project Planning 17 33 (4.236 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 17 33 (4.236 %) Insurance 18 31 (3.979 %) PRINCE 19 30 (3.851 %) MS Project 19 30 (3.851 %) Retail Banking 20 28 (3.594 %) ITIL 20 28 (3.594 %) PRINCE2 Certification 21 27 (3.466 %) SC Cleared 22 26 (3.338 %) Risk Management 23 25 (3.209 %) Internet 23 25 (3.209 %) Microsoft 24 24 (3.081 %) Back Office 24 24 (3.081 %) Degree

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Programme Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Programme Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 5 (0.642 %) HTML 1 5 (0.642 %) .NET 2 4 (0.513 %) CSS 3 3 (0.385 %) Middleware 4 2 (0.257 %) JSF 4 2 (0.257 %) J2EE 5 1 (0.128 %) WebSphere 5 1 (0.128 %) .NET Framework 5 1 (0.128 %) XML 5 1 (0.128 %) XHTML 5 1 (0.128 %) RSS 5 1 (0.128 %) EDI	Application Platforms 1 13 (1.669 %) SharePoint 2 6 (0.770 %) Documentum 3 5 (0.642 %) CMS 4 4 (0.513 %) LiveLink 5 2 (0.257 %) Office Project Server 5 2 (0.257 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 2 (0.257 %) BizTalk Server 6 1 (0.128 %) Lotus Notes 6 1 (0.128 %) SAS 6 1 (0.128 %) NetWeaver 6 1 (0.128 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 30 (3.851 %) MS Project 2 21 (2.696 %) MS Visio 3 17 (2.182 %) MS Excel 4 12 (1.540 %) MS PowerPoint 5 9 (1.155 %) MS Office 6 4 (0.513 %) CA Clarity 7 2 (0.257 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 6 (0.770 %) SAP FI 2 5 (0.642 %) Summit 3 4 (0.513 %) SAP CO 3 4 (0.513 %) SAP FI/CO 4 3 (0.385 %) Microsoft CRM 4 3 (0.385 %) Great Plains 4 3 (0.385 %) SAP HR 5 2 (0.257 %) Oracle Financials 6 1 (0.128 %) HFM 6 1 (0.128 %) TIBCO iProcess 6 1 (0.128 %) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking 1 25 (3.209 %) Internet 2 13 (1.669 %) LAN 3 8 (1.027 %) SAN 4 5 (0.642 %) Intranet 4 5 (0.642 %) IP Telephony 5 4 (0.513 %) Wireless 5 4 (0.513 %) VoIP 6 3 (0.385 %) WAN 6 3 (0.385 %) VPN 7 2 (0.257 %) Broadband 7 2 (0.257 %) SSL 7 2 (0.257 %) Firewall 8 1 (0.128 %) BSS 8 1 (0.128 %) WiMAX 8 1 (0.128 %) Intrusion Detection 8 1 (0.128 %) Cisco IPT 8 1 (0.128 %) DMZ 8 1 (0.128 %) DNS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (1.412 %) Datawarehouse 2 8 (1.027 %) OLAP 3 7 (0.899 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 4 6 (0.770 %) EDRMS 4 6 (0.770 %) SAP BW 5 4 (0.513 %) GIS 6 3 (0.385 %) BusinessObjects 6 3 (0.385 %) SQL Server 7 2 (0.257 %) ETL 7 2 (0.257 %) RDBMS 7 2 (0.257 %) EDMS 8 1 (0.128 %) Data Mart 8 1 (0.128 %) DataStage 8 1 (0.128 %) SAP BI 8 1 (0.128 %) DB2 8 1 (0.128 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 1 (0.128 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 5 (0.642 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 1 (0.128 %) TestDirector 2 1 (0.128 %) QuickTest Pro 2 1 (0.128 %) LoadRunner	General 1 242 (31.07 %) Finance 2 174 (22.34 %) Banking 3 94 (12.07 %) Government 4 74 (9.499 %) Investment Banking 5 50 (6.418 %) Retail 6 38 (4.878 %) Telecoms 7 33 (4.236 %) Insurance 8 30 (3.851 %) Retail Banking 9 24 (3.081 %) Back Office 10 18 (2.311 %) Health 11 17 (2.182 %) Front Office 12 16 (2.054 %) Criminal Justice 13 15 (1.926 %) Legal 14 11 (1.412 %) Police 15 10 (1.284 %) Marketing 16 9 (1.155 %) Pensions 16 9 (1.155 %) Law 16 9 (1.155 %) Financial Institution 17 8 (1.027 %) Publishing 18 7 (0.899 %) Games
Miscellaneous 1 41 (5.263 %) NHS 2 38 (4.878 %) Derivative 3 17 (2.182 %) PMI 4 14 (1.797 %) Equities 5 12 (1.540 %) French Language 5 12 (1.540 %) Credit Risk 6 11 (1.412 %) Fixed Income 6 11 (1.412 %) Management Information System 7 7 (0.899 %) German Language 7 7 (0.899 %) Dutch Language 7 7 (0.899 %) Interest Rate Derivative 7 7 (0.899 %) Equity Derivative 8 6 (0.770 %) Spanish Language 9 5 (0.642 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 9 5 (0.642 %) Interactive TV 9 5 (0.642 %) PDA 10 4 (0.513 %) IPTV 10 4 (0.513 %) Market Risk 11 3 (0.385 %) Video Conferencing 11 3 (0.385 %) Statistics	Operating Systems 1 6 (0.770 %) UNIX 1 6 (0.770 %) Windows 2 1 (0.128 %) HPUX 2 1 (0.128 %) Linux 2 1 (0.128 %) Windows 2000 2 1 (0.128 %) Windows NT 2 1 (0.128 %) VMS
Processes & Methodologies 1 179 (22.98 %) Programme Management 2 171 (21.95 %) PRINCE2 3 157 (20.15 %) Project Management 4 120 (15.40 %) Stakeholder Management 5 81 (10.40 %) Change Management 6 71 (9.114 %) Security Cleared 7 44 (5.648 %) Migration 8 34 (4.365 %) Project Planning 9 31 (3.979 %) PRINCE 10 28 (3.594 %) ITIL 11 27 (3.466 %) SC Cleared 12 26 (3.338 %) Risk Management 13 22 (2.824 %) Business Intelligence 14 21 (2.696 %) Asset Management 15 16 (2.054 %) Configuration Management 15 16 (2.054 %) DV Cleared 16 15 (1.926 %) Resource Management 17 14 (1.797 %) CTC Cleared 18 13 (1.669 %) Data Management 18 13 (1.669 %) CRM	Programming Languages 1 6 (0.770 %) C 1 6 (0.770 %) SQL 2 5 (0.642 %) Java 3 3 (0.385 %) C#
Qualifications 1 33 (4.236 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 28 (3.594 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 24 (3.081 %) Degree 4 11 (1.412 %) PMI Certification 5 10 (1.284 %) PMP 6 4 (0.513 %) ITIL Certification 7 2 (0.257 %) ACCA 7 2 (0.257 %) CIMA 8 1 (0.128 %) MBA 8 1 (0.128 %) PgMP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 22 (2.824 %) QA 2 5 (0.642 %) SLA 3 3 (0.385 %) Basel II 4 2 (0.257 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 1 (0.128 %) ISO9001
System Software 1 2 (0.257 %) VMware ESX 1 2 (0.257 %) VMware Infrastructure	Systems Management 1 2 (0.257 %) OpenView 1 2 (0.257 %) ServiceCenter 1 2 (0.257 %) AssetCenter
Vendors 1 40 (5.135 %) SAP 2 25 (3.209 %) Microsoft 3 11 (1.412 %) Oracle 4 7 (0.899 %) IBM 5 6 (0.770 %) Cognos 6 5 (0.642 %) Siebel 7 4 (0.513 %) HP 8 3 (0.385 %) Hyperion 8 3 (0.385 %) Business Objects 8 3 (0.385 %) TIBCO 8 3 (0.385 %) Primavera 9 2 (0.257 %) VMware 9 2 (0.257 %) Mantas 9 2 (0.257 %) CheckPoint 9 2 (0.257 %) Peregrine 10 1 (0.128 %) Retek 10 1 (0.128 %) VERITAS 10 1 (0.128 %) Lotus 10 1 (0.128 %) JD Edwards 10 1 (0.128 %) iSOFT